Chicken Cutlets with Tomato-Herb Pan Sauce
succotash
Tonight's dinner features chicken cutlets topped with a versatile tomato-herb sauce that can use just about any fresh herbs you have on hand. We round the dinner out with a fresh vegetable succotash!
Ingredients
- Lima beans, fresh or frozen (sub peas) - 2 cups
- Onions, red - 1/2, chopped
- Corn kernels, frozen or fresh (1 ear corn = ~1 cup / 165 g) - 2 cups
- Mint, fresh - 1/2 bunch
- Water - 3 Tbsp
- Butter, unsalted - 2 Tbsp
- Lemons - 1/2, juice
- Tomatoes, cherry - 1 pint, halved
- Garlic - 2 cloves, minced
- Basil leaves - 1/4 cup, minced
- Butter, unsalted - 3 Tbsp
- Paprika - 1 tsp
- Salt - 1/2 tsp
- Black pepper - 1/2 tsp
- Chicken breasts, boneless and skinless - 1 lb
- Flour, all-purpose or whole wheat - 1/3 cup
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Prep
- Defrost lima beans if using frozen.
- Onions/ Corn / Tomatoes - Prep as directed. (Can be done up to 3 days ahead)
- Make herb butter - Garlic / Basil - Prep as directed. Heat butter in the microwave just until softened and starting to melt. Combine butter with garlic, basil, paprika, salt and pepper. (Can be done up to 3 days ahead)
- Chicken breasts - Slice into strips. Season with some salt and pepper and tenderize with a fork. (Can be done up to 1 day ahead)
- Mint - Finely chop.
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Make
- In a saucepan, combine lima beans, water and butter. Cover and cook over medium-high heat until lima beans are tender (~10 minutes for fresh and ~5 minutes for frozen). Remove the cover and continue cooking until excess water has cooked off. Add onions and corn and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until corn is tender, ~3 minutes. Add mint and a squeeze of lemon. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside, covered.
- While the succotash is cooking, toss chicken in flour (in a mixing bowl or plastic bag). Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add half the herb butter to the hot pan. Cook chicken until it's no longer pink or to 165F / 74C, ~4 minutes on each side (depending on thickness). Transfer to serving dish.
- Increase heat to high, and add add remaining herb butter and tomatoes to pan. Saute until tomatoes begin to blacken in spots, ~4 minutes. Enjoy chicken with tomatoes over top and succotash on the side!
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58 reviews
The succotash wasn't that great. I think in the future, I would just buy pre-made frozen and use that. The tomato-herb pan sauce was amazing though.
0 HelpfulMy husband and I loved this entire meal. We'd avoided it, because it didn't sound great, but once again Cook Smarts surprised us with something we would never have cooked on our own.
0 HelpfulI decided that I didn't like this one way before I tried it because it took an eternity to get it on the table. It ended up being pretty good, but I will never make it again. The leftovers did not reheat well either.
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